For angling-rod he took a sturdy oake;1For line, a cable that in storm neer broke;His hooke was such as heads the end of poleTo pluck down house ere fire consumes it whole;The hook was baited with a dragons tale,And then on rock he stood to bob for whale.

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Britannia Triumphans. Page 15. 1637.

Note 1.For angling rod he took a sturdy oak;For line, a cable that in storm neer broke; . . . . . .His hook was baited with a dragons tail,And then on rock he stood to bob for whale.From The Mock Romance, a rhapsody attached to The Loves of Hero and Leander, published in London in the years 1653 and 1677. Chamberss Book of Days, vol. i. p. 173.Samuel Daniel: Rural Sports, Supplement, p. 57.

His angle-rod made of a sturdy oak;His line, a cable which in storms neer broke;His hook he baited with a dragons tail,And sat upon a rock, and bobbd for whale.William King (16631712): Upon a Giants Angling. (In Chalmerss British Poets ascribed to King.) [back]